A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 156 km SSW of Gizo, Solomon Islands (97 miles). Global time and date of event 18/05/20 / 2020-05-18 06:51:21 / May 18, 2020 @ 6:51 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70009nhr. Unique identifier: us70009nhr. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:51:21 / 6:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 156.1049 East, latitude -9.3156 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 156 km SSW of Gizo, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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